Rejected petition Makes it an offence for a Minister or Member of Parliament to deliberately lie.

Statements by advertisers are required to be Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful. We think that public statements by Ministers and MPs should be held to the same standards.

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Many political messages use methods of persuasion that are not based on facts or evidence. These methods are derived from marketing and advertising, and should be held to the same standards.

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168773

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Date submitted 22 October 2016
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